Greetings and Salutations, people!
Today on VSR – With this being our 51st show, in honor of Area 51, we will be honoring little green men with the Magnificent 7 Alien movies list.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
SICHUAN, CHINA
A chef has died after an eel was put up his bum.
Shocked doctors in Sichuan, China, found the sea creature in the 59-year-old man's rectum after his death, it has been reported.
The 50cm long Asian swamp eel was allegedly inserted into the unnamed man's bottom, after he passed out drunk, by pals playing a prank on him.
Medics said the eel had devoured his bowels.
Pork test to bust cheats
KAZAKHSTAN (Reuters) - Scientists in mainly Muslim Kazakhstan have come up with an instant test for the presence of pork in food, a popular newspaper reported on Monday.
The plastic-stick test detects food molecules that are found only in pork, which is forbidden by Islam but is easily found in the Central Asian state, Megapolis weekly said.
"It's no secret that some chefs cheat and add pork to beef to make the dish cheaper," the newspaper wrote on Monday, saying the practice was widespread in Kazakhstan.
"When you get your beef patty, cut off a couple of small pieces and drop them in a glass of water. Stir, shake, put the test stick in ... In a minute or two you will see the result."
Megapolis said it was unclear when the test, in which the stick changes color as in a pregnancy test, would become widely available.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean woman who earned a driver's license after 960 tries is ready to buy a car and get behind the wheel. 69-year-old Cha Sa-soon passed the driving part of the test last month on her 10th try. South Korea requires a written test first, and Cha took it nearly daily since April 2005 before passing last year.
Yonhap quoted her as saying she wanted to buy a small secondhand car to visit her son and daughter and for her business selling vegetables.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
The Dual:
Last Week:
My Little Buttercup
Blue Shadows on the Trail
This week:
Happy Friendly Aliens
Vs.
Nasty Killer Evil Aliens
(Which do you prefer?)
(Do an add for Dan Lebatard Show – Clip 33)
Magnificent 7: Best 7 Alien Movies
7. Predator – (Clip 47) Got in on it’s trailer alone. Perhaps the cheesiest trailer of all time.
6. Men in Black – I make this look good. (Clip 46)
5. Coneheads (Clip 45) – We are from France – It is as though you have seized me from the base of my snardleys.
4. District 9 (Clip 44) – Peter Jackson
3. Mars Attacks – (Clip 43) Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Jim Brown, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Jack Black, Natalie Portman, Tom Jones, and Danny DeVito.
2. Contact – (Clip 42) James Woods, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey. Written by Carl Sagan
1. Star Wars – (Clip 41)
Transformers
The 5th Element
Alien
Aliens
Cocoon
Contact
E.T.
Flight of the Navigator
Independence Day
Monsters vs. Aliens
My Step-Mother is an Alien
Signs
Starman
Starship Troopers
Superman 2
The Abyss
The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
Muppets in Space
Plan 9
The Week in Wankery:
Yellow cards:
1. KFC – I got the following email in my inbox yesterday: “Celebrate Mother’s Day with KFC” I’m trying to picture how mothers across the country would respond to that…
2. Teen Girls at Casa Bonita (Clip 34 - Casa Bonita Cartman Clip) – Big sign that says, “These rides are for children 10 and under.” (Big fat girl, too)
3. Me – Reheating Calamari in the break room.
4. Neighbor two doors down – Moving Sale…ALL FREAKING MONTH
5. Guy who decided Kool-Aid needs to be brightly colored.
Red Card:
Wanker of the Week:
Florists – Mothers day is here…Let’s jack up prices 400 percent.
Sports Topics:
-NHL Playoffs
-NBA Playoffs
-Miguel Olivo passes a kidney stone during a game and goes back in
-Jamarcus Russell released
-Lawrence Taylor – Yikes
-Philly Fan gets tasered
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 23 – MM’s rap)
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Squirrel Nut Zippers –
Album – Hot (1996)
Song – Hell (Clip 26)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Fleet Foxes
Elliot Smith
Don Chaffer – The Worst is my being alone
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Tremolo
Iron and Wine
(Reuters) - An under-16 Australian Rules football team has come under fire for entering a sponsorship deal with a local Hooters franchise, with critics saying the move could give adolescent boys the wrong message.
The Broadbeach Cats team in Australia's Gold Coast were cheered on by two skimpily-dressed staff from the Mermaid Beach franchise of the American restaurant chain during their home game against local side Labrador on the weekend.
"The message these boys are getting -- and bear in mind we're talking 15 and 16-year-old boys -- is that ... as a young footballer you have an entitlement to large-breasted women in skimpy outfits bouncing around at your games," women's advocate Melinda Tankard Reist said on an Australian morning television show.
Restaurant owner Morney Schledusch described the criticism as "ridiculous."
"Our waitresses represent the all-American cheerleader," he told local media. "And no, they don't all have big boobs.
"We are all about sport. We had a great opportunity here to show Australia what we are really about."
The staff members would not be back to cheer on more matches and their presence had not affected the Broadbeach players, who romped to a big win over Labrador, the team's coach Neil Boston said.
"They are here to play football -- that's all," he said.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Show Prep #49
Clip 28 – (Three Amigos Music)
Greetings and Salutations, people! It’s the radio show that killed the invisible swordsman. This is Vertically Striped Radio. Faster on the draw than Ned Nederlander himself, I am your host, Craig Dodge, a man so beloved that for my birthday my henchmen knit me a sweater. Anyway, It’s a very special day on Vertically Striped Radio, it’s Three Amigos day! You may not know what that means, but trust me, it’s special. Why Three Amigos day? Well, Wherever there is injustice, you will find them. Wherever there is suffering, they'll be there. Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find... The Three Amigos!
Today on VSR – We’ll have a Three Amigos style musical dual, I’m stealing a page out of the LCS playbook, as I have a conspiracy segment of my own, and we’ll also be doing our Magnificent Seven TV Theme Songs WITHOUT lyrics, and perhaps a plethora of other things (Play Plethora Clip 30)
Seis Quatro Seis, Siete Uno Seis, Seis Ocho Tres Uno!
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Lets get to the news…
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian council is rueing a decision to send street cleaners into a Melbourne lane after they painted over a priceless stencil of a rat by the celebrated British graffiti artist Banksy.
Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Susan Riley last week sent a clean-up team into Hosier Lane, renowned internationally for its colorful street art, to clean up garbage in the graffiti-lined passage after local residents complained.
But the request went awry when the cleaners painted over a Banksy stencil of a rat hanging underneath a parachute and adorning the wall of an old council building. "Unfortunately the contractors were not made aware by us that that was an important piece. It is the nature of graffiti art. It's very vulnerable to other people's work," Council chief executive Kathy Alexander told local radio.
The reclusive Banksy, who is regarded as one of the world's top street artists, painted several stencils in Melbourne during a 2003 visit. His satirical and distinctive art is often directed at anti-war, cultural and anti-capitalist themes.
Banksy in 2005 painted nine images on Israel's West Bank barrier, including a ladder going over the wall and an image of children breaking through to a tropical island.
In 2008, a London wall bearing one of his stencils was said to have sold on eBay for almost $500,000.
It is not the first time Banksy's art has been fouled in Melbourne. Vandals created another outcry in 2008 when they poured paint over the artist's stencil of a diver in an old-fashioned helmet and wearing a trenchcoat.
That work was afterwards protected by a sheet of clear perspex, although vandals struck again and poured silver paint behind the barrier, tagging it with the words "Banksy woz ere."
Alexander said the city council would rush through retrospective permits to protect other famous or significant artworks in Australia's second-largest city.
"In hindsight, we should have acted sooner to formally approve and protect all known Banksy works," she said.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- Police in New Bedford, Mass., say a substitute teacher who was taken to a hospital after drinking tainted iced coffee has admitted lacing the drink himself.
The teacher, 27-year-old Chad Wunschel, became sick after taking a sip of the drink and spitting it out. That happened Wednesday during a welding class at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical Regional High School.
Police had been investigating whether a student might have spiked the coffee.
Police Chief Ronald Teachman said Friday that Wunschel told a detective he was depressed over a recent breakup and was looking for attention. Teachman said Wunschel will likely be charged with filing a false report.
Police haven't specified what the chemical was.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- A 67-year-old Oklahoma man had quite a fright after backing his car at high speed through a seventh-floor exterior wall of a parking garage.
Ralph Hudson says his foot got stuck between his Mercedes' brake and gas pedal as he was backing up in a towering parking garage in downtown Tulsa on Wednesday.
The car burst through the building's exterior wall and sprayed debris on a parking lot below before stopping just in time. The car's trunk and part of its back wheels were left hanging precariously out of the building but officials were able to safely drive it back inside.
No injuries were reported. Police officer Jason Willingham says Hudson was not ticketed over the incident.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
The Dual:
Last Week:
Marlins – “Marlins will Soar” by Scott Stapp of Creed - 8
Cubs – “Someday We’ll go all the Way” by Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - 10
This week:
Which Three Amigos Song is better?:
My Little Buttercup (Clip 26)
Or
Blue Shadows on the Trail (Clip 25)
Magnificent 7: Greatest TV Theme Songs (Without Lyrics):
7. Magnum P.I.
6. Mission Impossible
5. Hawaii Five-0
4. Night Court
3. Sanford and Son
2. M*A*S*H
1. Andy Griffith Show
Conspiracy Segment: (Clip 24 – LCS Conspiracy Music)
What do you think of when you hear the name El Guapo? I never thought that there could be a conspiracy surrounding El Guapo. Never even entered my head. I’ve always just bought into the official story that we’ve been told about he was a murderous bad guy, but as is so often the case with the “official story” there is a lot that hasn’t been told.
Did you realize that he was actually an in-famous actor? Even the Three Amigos knew this. (Clip 29 – The In-Famous El Guapo)
Much of the negative press and lies that have been spread about El Guapo were from the Amigos themselves. (Clip 28 – Anti El Guapo Propaganda)
El Guapo was actually quite the humanitarian. He was responsible for keeping the town of Santa Poco alive during the Great Depression by providing the funds to keep many important services and infrastructures in place with his own money. But rather than appreciating him for it, the people of Santa Poco were split. His faithful friends who realized the work El Guapo was doing left Santa Poco to live with him in a Spanish Mission doing good works. These men loved him so much that for his birthday they pulled together to get him a special gift. (Clip 39 – It’s a sweater)
What is another way we can find out that El Guapo isn’t who he has been painted to be by the main stream media? Follow the money…Turns out El Guapo had made a lot of enemies as he sought to do good in Santa Poco. He had brought in some German Agents who helped fight the mafia who previously had been running Santa Poco, and the mafia had been running a pretty good Tequila business bringing in millions annually in the tequila trade, and El Guapos policies put them out of business. The mafia doesn’t take too kindly to people horning in on their business interests.
In addition, the CIA were upset at El Guapo because he thought that just because Santa Poco wasn’t technically inside the borders of the United States that the CIA had no business being in Santa Poco. He had declared that he was going to be pushing the agency out of their Santa Poco headquarters which was of course not sitting too well with the CIA who don’t like to be told by anyone what they can or cannot do.
In addition, Prescott Bush had built a winter home in Santa Poco, but had exploited some workers in building his palace, and he refused to pay the city taxes to Santa Poco. El Guapo thought that since Bush was living in Santa Poco at that time, that he should be helping contribute tax revenue to the city as El Guapo had been doing by practically financing the entire city budget. Prescott Bush was none to happy about this attempted strong arming, so he raised up a coalition of women, children and old folks…the so called “Liberation Army” which were actually puppets of the Bush family. They were the ones who hired the Three Amigos who were puppets of the Bush family and this coalition. The Amigos were actually fighting on the wrong side of justice, but because the “Liberation Army” was made up entirely of women, children and old people, they thought that they were fighting for truth. The Amigos were misled, but because they lent their power to fight for this group of people who hardly knew how to do anything but sow, the wrong side won the victory. As we know, the people who win wars get to write the history of what happened, which is how the story of the Evil El Guapo was allowed to proliferate.
However, there are a lot of inconsistencies with the official story. Somehow this group of women, children and infirm people were able to sew together a ton of 3 Amigo costumes in a matter of minutes and then they were supplied with a heavy array of guns and ammunition sufficient to turn away El Guapo’s righteous army? Doesn’t that sound just a little fishy?
Here’s what many people think actually happened. The Bush family, upset at how they had been treated aligned themselves with the CIA who were tired of being pushed around by the El Guapo administration. El Guapo had threatened to shut down the CIA, and he had already run the mafia out of town, so a coalition of the mafia and the CIA banded together, financed by Prescott Bush, and they had a whole army of CIA agents hiding in Santa Poco under the guise of “people wearing Three Amigo uniforms.” The battle broke out, and the CIA agents interspersed with the regular citizens and with this exceptional fighting force, they were able to ambush and assassinate El Guapo.
It’s not exactly the story they want you to hear, but it does make a lot of sense. Doesn’t it?
The Shadenfrude File:
Washington Capitals lose to Montreal Canadiens in 7 games
-Alexander Ovechkin, after shoving female fans and snowing little kids, losing in the first round of the playoffs just felt right.
Despite winning the Presidents Trophy, they are done after only 7 postseason games, having lost to Jaro Halak and the Montreal Canadiens.
Soccer Saturday. – Chris Kamera – I have no idea what’s happening. (Clip 16)
Sports Topics:
-NHL Playoffs
-NBA Playoffs
-Miguel Olivo passes a kidney stone during a game and goes back in
-Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland asks Dez Bryant if his mom is a prostitute
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 30 – MM’s rap)
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Africa” – Toto (Clip 38)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Greetings and Salutations, people! It’s the radio show that killed the invisible swordsman. This is Vertically Striped Radio. Faster on the draw than Ned Nederlander himself, I am your host, Craig Dodge, a man so beloved that for my birthday my henchmen knit me a sweater. Anyway, It’s a very special day on Vertically Striped Radio, it’s Three Amigos day! You may not know what that means, but trust me, it’s special. Why Three Amigos day? Well, Wherever there is injustice, you will find them. Wherever there is suffering, they'll be there. Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find... The Three Amigos!
Today on VSR – We’ll have a Three Amigos style musical dual, I’m stealing a page out of the LCS playbook, as I have a conspiracy segment of my own, and we’ll also be doing our Magnificent Seven TV Theme Songs WITHOUT lyrics, and perhaps a plethora of other things (Play Plethora Clip 30)
Seis Quatro Seis, Siete Uno Seis, Seis Ocho Tres Uno!
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Lets get to the news…
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian council is rueing a decision to send street cleaners into a Melbourne lane after they painted over a priceless stencil of a rat by the celebrated British graffiti artist Banksy.
Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Susan Riley last week sent a clean-up team into Hosier Lane, renowned internationally for its colorful street art, to clean up garbage in the graffiti-lined passage after local residents complained.
But the request went awry when the cleaners painted over a Banksy stencil of a rat hanging underneath a parachute and adorning the wall of an old council building. "Unfortunately the contractors were not made aware by us that that was an important piece. It is the nature of graffiti art. It's very vulnerable to other people's work," Council chief executive Kathy Alexander told local radio.
The reclusive Banksy, who is regarded as one of the world's top street artists, painted several stencils in Melbourne during a 2003 visit. His satirical and distinctive art is often directed at anti-war, cultural and anti-capitalist themes.
Banksy in 2005 painted nine images on Israel's West Bank barrier, including a ladder going over the wall and an image of children breaking through to a tropical island.
In 2008, a London wall bearing one of his stencils was said to have sold on eBay for almost $500,000.
It is not the first time Banksy's art has been fouled in Melbourne. Vandals created another outcry in 2008 when they poured paint over the artist's stencil of a diver in an old-fashioned helmet and wearing a trenchcoat.
That work was afterwards protected by a sheet of clear perspex, although vandals struck again and poured silver paint behind the barrier, tagging it with the words "Banksy woz ere."
Alexander said the city council would rush through retrospective permits to protect other famous or significant artworks in Australia's second-largest city.
"In hindsight, we should have acted sooner to formally approve and protect all known Banksy works," she said.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- Police in New Bedford, Mass., say a substitute teacher who was taken to a hospital after drinking tainted iced coffee has admitted lacing the drink himself.
The teacher, 27-year-old Chad Wunschel, became sick after taking a sip of the drink and spitting it out. That happened Wednesday during a welding class at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical Regional High School.
Police had been investigating whether a student might have spiked the coffee.
Police Chief Ronald Teachman said Friday that Wunschel told a detective he was depressed over a recent breakup and was looking for attention. Teachman said Wunschel will likely be charged with filing a false report.
Police haven't specified what the chemical was.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- A 67-year-old Oklahoma man had quite a fright after backing his car at high speed through a seventh-floor exterior wall of a parking garage.
Ralph Hudson says his foot got stuck between his Mercedes' brake and gas pedal as he was backing up in a towering parking garage in downtown Tulsa on Wednesday.
The car burst through the building's exterior wall and sprayed debris on a parking lot below before stopping just in time. The car's trunk and part of its back wheels were left hanging precariously out of the building but officials were able to safely drive it back inside.
No injuries were reported. Police officer Jason Willingham says Hudson was not ticketed over the incident.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
The Dual:
Last Week:
Marlins – “Marlins will Soar” by Scott Stapp of Creed - 8
Cubs – “Someday We’ll go all the Way” by Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - 10
This week:
Which Three Amigos Song is better?:
My Little Buttercup (Clip 26)
Or
Blue Shadows on the Trail (Clip 25)
Magnificent 7: Greatest TV Theme Songs (Without Lyrics):
7. Magnum P.I.
6. Mission Impossible
5. Hawaii Five-0
4. Night Court
3. Sanford and Son
2. M*A*S*H
1. Andy Griffith Show
Conspiracy Segment: (Clip 24 – LCS Conspiracy Music)
What do you think of when you hear the name El Guapo? I never thought that there could be a conspiracy surrounding El Guapo. Never even entered my head. I’ve always just bought into the official story that we’ve been told about he was a murderous bad guy, but as is so often the case with the “official story” there is a lot that hasn’t been told.
Did you realize that he was actually an in-famous actor? Even the Three Amigos knew this. (Clip 29 – The In-Famous El Guapo)
Much of the negative press and lies that have been spread about El Guapo were from the Amigos themselves. (Clip 28 – Anti El Guapo Propaganda)
El Guapo was actually quite the humanitarian. He was responsible for keeping the town of Santa Poco alive during the Great Depression by providing the funds to keep many important services and infrastructures in place with his own money. But rather than appreciating him for it, the people of Santa Poco were split. His faithful friends who realized the work El Guapo was doing left Santa Poco to live with him in a Spanish Mission doing good works. These men loved him so much that for his birthday they pulled together to get him a special gift. (Clip 39 – It’s a sweater)
What is another way we can find out that El Guapo isn’t who he has been painted to be by the main stream media? Follow the money…Turns out El Guapo had made a lot of enemies as he sought to do good in Santa Poco. He had brought in some German Agents who helped fight the mafia who previously had been running Santa Poco, and the mafia had been running a pretty good Tequila business bringing in millions annually in the tequila trade, and El Guapos policies put them out of business. The mafia doesn’t take too kindly to people horning in on their business interests.
In addition, the CIA were upset at El Guapo because he thought that just because Santa Poco wasn’t technically inside the borders of the United States that the CIA had no business being in Santa Poco. He had declared that he was going to be pushing the agency out of their Santa Poco headquarters which was of course not sitting too well with the CIA who don’t like to be told by anyone what they can or cannot do.
In addition, Prescott Bush had built a winter home in Santa Poco, but had exploited some workers in building his palace, and he refused to pay the city taxes to Santa Poco. El Guapo thought that since Bush was living in Santa Poco at that time, that he should be helping contribute tax revenue to the city as El Guapo had been doing by practically financing the entire city budget. Prescott Bush was none to happy about this attempted strong arming, so he raised up a coalition of women, children and old folks…the so called “Liberation Army” which were actually puppets of the Bush family. They were the ones who hired the Three Amigos who were puppets of the Bush family and this coalition. The Amigos were actually fighting on the wrong side of justice, but because the “Liberation Army” was made up entirely of women, children and old people, they thought that they were fighting for truth. The Amigos were misled, but because they lent their power to fight for this group of people who hardly knew how to do anything but sow, the wrong side won the victory. As we know, the people who win wars get to write the history of what happened, which is how the story of the Evil El Guapo was allowed to proliferate.
However, there are a lot of inconsistencies with the official story. Somehow this group of women, children and infirm people were able to sew together a ton of 3 Amigo costumes in a matter of minutes and then they were supplied with a heavy array of guns and ammunition sufficient to turn away El Guapo’s righteous army? Doesn’t that sound just a little fishy?
Here’s what many people think actually happened. The Bush family, upset at how they had been treated aligned themselves with the CIA who were tired of being pushed around by the El Guapo administration. El Guapo had threatened to shut down the CIA, and he had already run the mafia out of town, so a coalition of the mafia and the CIA banded together, financed by Prescott Bush, and they had a whole army of CIA agents hiding in Santa Poco under the guise of “people wearing Three Amigo uniforms.” The battle broke out, and the CIA agents interspersed with the regular citizens and with this exceptional fighting force, they were able to ambush and assassinate El Guapo.
It’s not exactly the story they want you to hear, but it does make a lot of sense. Doesn’t it?
The Shadenfrude File:
Washington Capitals lose to Montreal Canadiens in 7 games
-Alexander Ovechkin, after shoving female fans and snowing little kids, losing in the first round of the playoffs just felt right.
Despite winning the Presidents Trophy, they are done after only 7 postseason games, having lost to Jaro Halak and the Montreal Canadiens.
Soccer Saturday. – Chris Kamera – I have no idea what’s happening. (Clip 16)
Sports Topics:
-NHL Playoffs
-NBA Playoffs
-Miguel Olivo passes a kidney stone during a game and goes back in
-Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland asks Dez Bryant if his mom is a prostitute
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 30 – MM’s rap)
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Africa” – Toto (Clip 38)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Show Prep #47
Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the radio show that has blown through 10 Pokeballs and still can’t catch an Aipom, This is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host, Craig Dodge and I’m excited for today’s show! It’s trivia day on Vertically Striped Radio, it’s a once in a lifetime chance for prizes that will be treasured for all of time! I’m excited, you’re excited, the American people are excited! Yeah, it’s an exciting time. Not only is it exciting because of trivia, but there is another reason to be excited…let’s go ahead and bring Face in right now (Clip 20). Face it’s an exciting day for this reason… (Clip 29 Slam by Onyx) That’s right, the world premiere of Slammed! Is airing tonight…you want to let the people know what that’s all about?
Today on VSR - We’ll be playing 80% trivia where almost is close enough! In addition to the trivia, we’ll also be playing “Dumbest Congressional Representative Challenge" Georgia versus Florida. If we have any time after that, we’ll probably talk a little NHL and NBA playoffs, as well as possibly discuss the Brandon Marshall trade to the Dolphins…of course, that is strictly time permitting.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Danish hotel is pioneering a pedal-power electricity generation scheme it hopes will catch on in other countries.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, 15 minutes from the center of the Danish capital and five minutes from Scandinavia's main airport, is installing two exercise bicycles hooked up to generators.
Guests will be invited to jump on and start pedaling -- and if they produce enough electricity they will be given a free meal.
"Anyone producing 10 watt hours of electricity or more for the hotel will be given a locally produced complimentary meal encouraging guests to not only get fit but also reduce their carbon footprint and save electricity and money."
Hotel spokeswoman Frederikke Tommergaard said the free meal offer applied only to hotel guests, not random passers-by.
The value of the meal -- any one of the main courses on the hotel restaurant or lobby bar's menu – is valued at about 240 Danish crowns or $44 American.
The bikes will be up and running by April 19 and the plan is to test the idea for a year with a view to expanding it to more Crowne Plaza hotels.
Any Apple Store in the United States – Do you want an iPad so badly that you’re considering dropping 700 bucks on one even though you really didn’t know why you need it? Well, if you’re still looking for reasons to buy…here is another one. The iPad is proving to be a popular toy for American cats.
YouTube is rapidly filling with videos depicting the device being used as an expensive cat toy, with a search for "iPad cat" returning 385 results, including some with more than 20,000 views.
The videos include cats chasing virtual string and butterflies and even playing the "Magic Piano" application.
Many Cat irritating Apps are now available for the iPad, including a popular and controversial download called "Cat Annoy," which creates eight different sounds designed to annoy felines. So if you’re looking for a reason to buy, I have simple question for you…Do you hate cats? If so, the iPad may be for you!
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - A HEAVILY intoxicated Pennsylvania man tried to resuscitate at dead possum lying along a highway, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.
Donald Wolfe, 55, was spotted by a policeman attempting to breathe life back into the dead animal around 3pm local time Thursday in a remote area north of Pittsburgh.
State troopers arrested Wolfe along an isolated stretch of the highway and charged him with public drunkenness, the paper reported.
Trooper Jamie Levier said Wolfe was “extremely intoxicated” and “did have his mouth in the area of the animal’s mouth, I guess.”
Another witness observed Wolfe kneeling near the dead animal and gesturing as though he was conducting a seance.
Wolfe will face charges of public drunkeness before a district judge in Jefferson County at an unscheduled date.
Police listed “society” as the victim of the crime.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC:
"Dumbest Congressional Representative Challenge" - Florida versus Georgia
Florida:
Go Gator! – Corrine Brown (Clip 22)
-Corch
-She has a degree in Public Speaking from the University of Florida
-BS, BCS Championship
-Go Gator
-But also the Athletic School
-Corch Irvin Myers (Urban Meyer)
-Percy Harvey
-She looked like she was ready for a title fight with her bright orange silk robe
-It is clear that the Gators are superb to any other schools with the conferences that we play in.
Georgia:
Guam Tipping – Hank Johnson (Clip 24)
Addressing Adm. Robert Willard, who commands the Navy's Pacific Fleet
Trivia:
I. Super Bowl:
1. Which Franchise has scored the most Super Bowl points all time?
-1st Dallas Cowboys - 221
-2nd San Francisco 49ers - 188
-3rd Pittsburgh Steelers - 168
2. Which Franchise has the lowest average per Game Super Bowl scoring average?
-Minnesota Vikings – Averaging 8.5 points per appearance
3. Who threw the most interceptions in a single Super Bowl game?
-Rich Gannon: 5 - Super Bowl 37 Raiders vs. Buccaneers
4. Who holds the single game rushing record for a Super Bowl?
-Timmy Smith: 204 – Super Bowl 22 Redskins vs. Broncos
5. Which player has scored the most total points in Super Bowl history?
-Jerry Rice: 48 Points
6. Who holds the record for most consecutive completions in a single Super Bowl Game?
-Joe Montana: 13 straight – Super Bowl 24 49ers vs. Broncos
7. Who holds the record for most career Super Bowl Field Goals?
-Adam Vinatieri: 7 Total
II. Things a Preschooler would know:
1. Name two of the four Teletubbies.
-Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Lala, and Po.
2. In the theme to Elmo’s World, Elmo sings about loving 2 things. Name either of them.
-His Goldfish, His Crayon
3. What is the name of Dora the Explorer’s monkey?
-Boots
4. In the Nickelodeon show “Spongebob Squarepants” what is the name of Mr. Krabb’s daughter?
-Pearl
5. The Standard set of Hungry Hungry Hippos has four colors of hippos, correctly name two of the standard colors.
-Green, Pink, Orange, Yellow (Blue is also occasionally seen)
6. What is Barney the Dinosaur’s Favorite Food?
-A peanut butter and jelly sandwich
7. What Number is Thomas the Tank Engine?
-Number 1
III. Name That Movie!
1. “Well, that’s just like, you’re opinion, man” -The Big Lebowski
2. “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood, Nobody!” -Dodgeball
3. “Dogs and cats living together, Mass Hysteria” – Ghostbusters
4. “Your mother was a hamster” – Monty Python
5. “Dry White Toast” – Blues Brothers
6. “You are the sucker” – Rounders
7. “I rule” – American Beauty
IV. Beer is proof that God Loves Us and wants us to be happy –Ben Franklin
1. Amazingly Beer is the second most popular drink on earth, what is number 1?
-Tea
2. What is the Oldest Brewery in North America?
-Molson (1786)
3. Rolling Rock Beer famously has a number on it’s bottle. What number is it?
-33
4. Pabst Beer added the words “Blue Ribbon” to their beer after being the first beer to a Blue Ribbon event at what event in 1893?
-The World’s Fair
5. In 1810 the government of Munich established this event as an official celebration.
-Oktoberfest
6. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of what?
-An empty Beer glass
7. This difficult period for beer and beer drinkers lasted 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours, 32 1/2 minutes
- Prohibition
V. Monkeys!
1. What was the name of Michael Jackson’s Chimp?
-Bubbles
2. What was the name of Ross’ monkey on the TV show Friends?
-Marcel
3. What is longer on a Colubus Monkey, it’s body or it’s tail?
-It’s Tail
4. True or False: Human Birth control pills will work effectively on Gorillas?
-True
5. What is the name of the monkey in Disney’s movie Aladin?
-Abu
6. True of False: Monkey’s cannot catch a cold?
-True
7. What is the loudest type of monkey?
-Howler Monkey
Sports Topics:
-NHL Playoffs
-NBA Playoffs
-Roller Derby Report
-Brandon Marshall is a Dolphin now
-Versus Poll – Change OT? (Terrible)
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Soccer Saturday. – Chris Kamera – I have no idea what’s happening. (Clip 16)
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 30 – MM’s rap)
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Tool - 46 and 2 (Clip 28)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Today on VSR - We’ll be playing 80% trivia where almost is close enough! In addition to the trivia, we’ll also be playing “Dumbest Congressional Representative Challenge" Georgia versus Florida. If we have any time after that, we’ll probably talk a little NHL and NBA playoffs, as well as possibly discuss the Brandon Marshall trade to the Dolphins…of course, that is strictly time permitting.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Danish hotel is pioneering a pedal-power electricity generation scheme it hopes will catch on in other countries.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, 15 minutes from the center of the Danish capital and five minutes from Scandinavia's main airport, is installing two exercise bicycles hooked up to generators.
Guests will be invited to jump on and start pedaling -- and if they produce enough electricity they will be given a free meal.
"Anyone producing 10 watt hours of electricity or more for the hotel will be given a locally produced complimentary meal encouraging guests to not only get fit but also reduce their carbon footprint and save electricity and money."
Hotel spokeswoman Frederikke Tommergaard said the free meal offer applied only to hotel guests, not random passers-by.
The value of the meal -- any one of the main courses on the hotel restaurant or lobby bar's menu – is valued at about 240 Danish crowns or $44 American.
The bikes will be up and running by April 19 and the plan is to test the idea for a year with a view to expanding it to more Crowne Plaza hotels.
Any Apple Store in the United States – Do you want an iPad so badly that you’re considering dropping 700 bucks on one even though you really didn’t know why you need it? Well, if you’re still looking for reasons to buy…here is another one. The iPad is proving to be a popular toy for American cats.
YouTube is rapidly filling with videos depicting the device being used as an expensive cat toy, with a search for "iPad cat" returning 385 results, including some with more than 20,000 views.
The videos include cats chasing virtual string and butterflies and even playing the "Magic Piano" application.
Many Cat irritating Apps are now available for the iPad, including a popular and controversial download called "Cat Annoy," which creates eight different sounds designed to annoy felines. So if you’re looking for a reason to buy, I have simple question for you…Do you hate cats? If so, the iPad may be for you!
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - A HEAVILY intoxicated Pennsylvania man tried to resuscitate at dead possum lying along a highway, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.
Donald Wolfe, 55, was spotted by a policeman attempting to breathe life back into the dead animal around 3pm local time Thursday in a remote area north of Pittsburgh.
State troopers arrested Wolfe along an isolated stretch of the highway and charged him with public drunkenness, the paper reported.
Trooper Jamie Levier said Wolfe was “extremely intoxicated” and “did have his mouth in the area of the animal’s mouth, I guess.”
Another witness observed Wolfe kneeling near the dead animal and gesturing as though he was conducting a seance.
Wolfe will face charges of public drunkeness before a district judge in Jefferson County at an unscheduled date.
Police listed “society” as the victim of the crime.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC:
"Dumbest Congressional Representative Challenge" - Florida versus Georgia
Florida:
Go Gator! – Corrine Brown (Clip 22)
-Corch
-She has a degree in Public Speaking from the University of Florida
-BS, BCS Championship
-Go Gator
-But also the Athletic School
-Corch Irvin Myers (Urban Meyer)
-Percy Harvey
-She looked like she was ready for a title fight with her bright orange silk robe
-It is clear that the Gators are superb to any other schools with the conferences that we play in.
Georgia:
Guam Tipping – Hank Johnson (Clip 24)
Addressing Adm. Robert Willard, who commands the Navy's Pacific Fleet
Trivia:
I. Super Bowl:
1. Which Franchise has scored the most Super Bowl points all time?
-1st Dallas Cowboys - 221
-2nd San Francisco 49ers - 188
-3rd Pittsburgh Steelers - 168
2. Which Franchise has the lowest average per Game Super Bowl scoring average?
-Minnesota Vikings – Averaging 8.5 points per appearance
3. Who threw the most interceptions in a single Super Bowl game?
-Rich Gannon: 5 - Super Bowl 37 Raiders vs. Buccaneers
4. Who holds the single game rushing record for a Super Bowl?
-Timmy Smith: 204 – Super Bowl 22 Redskins vs. Broncos
5. Which player has scored the most total points in Super Bowl history?
-Jerry Rice: 48 Points
6. Who holds the record for most consecutive completions in a single Super Bowl Game?
-Joe Montana: 13 straight – Super Bowl 24 49ers vs. Broncos
7. Who holds the record for most career Super Bowl Field Goals?
-Adam Vinatieri: 7 Total
II. Things a Preschooler would know:
1. Name two of the four Teletubbies.
-Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Lala, and Po.
2. In the theme to Elmo’s World, Elmo sings about loving 2 things. Name either of them.
-His Goldfish, His Crayon
3. What is the name of Dora the Explorer’s monkey?
-Boots
4. In the Nickelodeon show “Spongebob Squarepants” what is the name of Mr. Krabb’s daughter?
-Pearl
5. The Standard set of Hungry Hungry Hippos has four colors of hippos, correctly name two of the standard colors.
-Green, Pink, Orange, Yellow (Blue is also occasionally seen)
6. What is Barney the Dinosaur’s Favorite Food?
-A peanut butter and jelly sandwich
7. What Number is Thomas the Tank Engine?
-Number 1
III. Name That Movie!
1. “Well, that’s just like, you’re opinion, man” -The Big Lebowski
2. “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood, Nobody!” -Dodgeball
3. “Dogs and cats living together, Mass Hysteria” – Ghostbusters
4. “Your mother was a hamster” – Monty Python
5. “Dry White Toast” – Blues Brothers
6. “You are the sucker” – Rounders
7. “I rule” – American Beauty
IV. Beer is proof that God Loves Us and wants us to be happy –Ben Franklin
1. Amazingly Beer is the second most popular drink on earth, what is number 1?
-Tea
2. What is the Oldest Brewery in North America?
-Molson (1786)
3. Rolling Rock Beer famously has a number on it’s bottle. What number is it?
-33
4. Pabst Beer added the words “Blue Ribbon” to their beer after being the first beer to a Blue Ribbon event at what event in 1893?
-The World’s Fair
5. In 1810 the government of Munich established this event as an official celebration.
-Oktoberfest
6. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of what?
-An empty Beer glass
7. This difficult period for beer and beer drinkers lasted 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours, 32 1/2 minutes
- Prohibition
V. Monkeys!
1. What was the name of Michael Jackson’s Chimp?
-Bubbles
2. What was the name of Ross’ monkey on the TV show Friends?
-Marcel
3. What is longer on a Colubus Monkey, it’s body or it’s tail?
-It’s Tail
4. True or False: Human Birth control pills will work effectively on Gorillas?
-True
5. What is the name of the monkey in Disney’s movie Aladin?
-Abu
6. True of False: Monkey’s cannot catch a cold?
-True
7. What is the loudest type of monkey?
-Howler Monkey
Sports Topics:
-NHL Playoffs
-NBA Playoffs
-Roller Derby Report
-Brandon Marshall is a Dolphin now
-Versus Poll – Change OT? (Terrible)
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Soccer Saturday. – Chris Kamera – I have no idea what’s happening. (Clip 16)
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 30 – MM’s rap)
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Tool - 46 and 2 (Clip 28)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Show Prep #46
Greetings and Salutations, people. Welcome to radio show for dumb guys who like adverbs very very very very much. This is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your dumb guy trying to play a gag, and I will hopefully be going overboard with adverbs shortly…
I am struggling today, stayed up until 3 last night, helped my buddy move stuff into storage, I’m zapped, so if I sound sleepy, it’s only because I am.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio 4th and 26 is supposed to be making his DAMN radio debut, so we’ll see if he shows up. I’ve got a magnificent 7 list of Seven things that people around me need to STOP doing.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LONDON (Reuters) – A British university is to hold a conference on Vampires in an effort to counterbalance the "Americanization" of the fictional genre.
Delegates to the University of Hertfordshire's "Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture" conference to be held on April 16-17 will have their food served to them out of coffins as part of a mission to encourage students of all ages to study literature.
English lecturer Sam George, who has just launched a Master of Arts degree in vampire fiction at Hertfordshire, said the most famous vampire narrative of all, Dracula, was written by Irishman Bram Stoker and set in London and Whitby in Yorkshire, but that now with the "Twilight" saga and "True Blood," modern vampires have become Americanized.
"It's amazing how many British actors have played Dracula on screen," George said in a statement on the university's website. "I aim to put the British vampire back on the map."
George said she is particularly interested in the new teen vampire narratives which act as a useful metaphor for wider teen anxieties about their bodies and the first stirrings of desire.
"The new breed of vampires are far from monstrous, they are glamorous and sexy and have an emotional side," she said. "Their (teenagers') attraction to vampire figures provides a safe way for them to acknowledge these desires."
Conference lectures will be delivered by academics and author Marcus Sedgwick, who writes young adult fiction with a vampire twist.
Panel topics during the two-day event will include "Dracula Lives," "Appetites of the Undead," "Undead Victorians," "Undead Teens," "Politics of the Undead," "UndeadRomance," "The Gay Undead," "Undead TV," "Undead in the New Media," "Identity, Legality and the Undead" and "Gendering the Undead."
LONDON (Reuters) – Two women were arrested at a British airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight bound for Germany, police said on Tuesday.
The 91-year-old deceased man was pushed in a wheelchair through Liverpool's John Lennon airport wearing sunglasses before check-in staff became suspicious and he was prevented from boarding the plane.
He was believed to have been driven about 35 miles to the airport by taxi from Oldham, Greater Manchester, police added.
The women were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death and were released on bail.
"At 11 a.m. on Saturday 3 April 2010, police at Liverpool John Lennon airport were alerted to the death of a 91-year-old man in the terminal building," police said in a statement.
"Two women aged 41 and 66 were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of death."
The cause of death is not known.
Onion News – Demographer Demographic (Clip 27)
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A few hundred warehouse workers and drivers at Danish brewer Carlsberg halted work for a second day on Thursday to protest a company decision to limit beer drinking at work to lunch breaks.
The strike in Denmark followed the company's April 1 decision to introduce new rules for employees on beer drinking at work, said Jens Bekke, spokesman at the world no.4 brewer.
"There has been free beer, water and soft drinks everywhere," he said. "Yesterday, beers were removed from all refrigerators. The only place you can get a beer in future is in the canteen, at lunch."
Bekke said drivers retained an old right to three beers per day outside lunch hours, and warehouse workers claimed the same right.
"Because of that, the warehouse staff went on strike yesterday, with other staff striking in sympathy," he said.
Bekke said as many as 800 had walked out on Wednesday, with 250 still on strike on Thursday, and the Confederation of Danish Industry and trade union 3F had agreed to look into the dispute.
He said there would be no shipments from Copenhagen on Thursday, and delays in the rest of the country, but said he expected the financial effect of the strike to be minor.
He added that Carlsberg's trucks have alcohol locks so drivers would not be able to drink too much and drive.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC:
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Sports Topics:
-NFL OT rule change.
-NCAA Championship Game – Best moment ever if Butler’s half court shot goes in?
-Baseball has started
-Roller Derby Report
-Tiger Woods return –
1. Commercial with his dad. (Clip 23)
2. How great would it be if they did a Masters preview and didn’t ever MENTION Tiger?
-Avalanche are in the playoffs
-Carmelo Anthony collapsed on the court for a minute or so in OKC
The Week in Wankery: (Clip 24)
-Carolla Message Board member omgtifb
-Non-existent bugs in Ellie’s bed (Yellow Card) (Thanks to Grandma saying Sleep tight don’t let the bedbugs bite. However she babysits for free, so she is not eligible for the Yellow Card.)
-The guy in my office who plays this… (Clip 22) “Forever Young” by Alphaville 18 times a day. (Yellow Card)
-Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things are? TERRIBLE (Yellow Card)
-The NCAA (Red Card)
Wanker of the Week – The people who broke into my parents house this week and stole their stuff.
The guy who scheduled the K-State game at the same time as the birthday party I had committed to. (Red Card)
In case you hadn’t noticed…this is a very special Sunday edition of the show. Why Sunday? Because I am up for father of the year. Or maybe not. The jury is still out. (Tell story of the birthday party, K-State game, listening to the game and then finally running out to the car to get the laptop.)
Man of the Week: Solongo Bars (Random person I email with a cool name.)
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 30 – MM’s rap)
Go Gator! – Corrine Brown (Clip 25)
-Corch
-She has a degree in Public Speaking from the University of Florida
-BS, BCS Championship
-Go Gator
-But also the Athletic School
-Corch Irvin Myers (Urban Meyer)
-Percy Harvey
-She looked like she was ready for a title fight with her bright orange silk robe
-It is clear that the Gators are superb to any other schools with the conferences that we play in.
The Rest of the Story
This food belongs to the same animal group as both the spider and the common bug. They were initially thought of as giant hassles that got in the way when people were trying to catch other animals for food in the same region where these animals live
This food is something people used to give to their indentured servants to eat. People were so averse to eating it that they ground it up and used it as fertilizer, instead. Being seen as someone who had to eat this type of food was something you generally didn't tell anyone until at least the third date.
British POWs during the Revolutionary War supposedly revolted over being fed too much of this food, after having apparently developed culinary Stockholm Syndrome from British food. Some states actually had laws against feeding this food to inmates more than a few times a week, on the grounds that it was cruel and unusual punishment, as it was seen as the equivalent of eating rats.
So what is this food? Lobster!
Then How Did it Get So Fancy?
Somebody went and invented the railroad. Soon, rich people from the middle of the country--who were painfully unaware of what was cool--were tricked into buying the sea insects. But after tasting them, they realized that they must have discovered the long lost gatekeeper for butter.
Ironically, lobster is now a commonly requested food for prisoners receiving a last meal before execution, where as back in the day who knows how many last meal requests were something to the effect of, "Anything but more freakin' lobster, ya cruel bastards!"
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Andrew Bird – Song: Sovay Album: “Weather Systems”
(Clip 29)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
I am struggling today, stayed up until 3 last night, helped my buddy move stuff into storage, I’m zapped, so if I sound sleepy, it’s only because I am.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio 4th and 26 is supposed to be making his DAMN radio debut, so we’ll see if he shows up. I’ve got a magnificent 7 list of Seven things that people around me need to STOP doing.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LONDON (Reuters) – A British university is to hold a conference on Vampires in an effort to counterbalance the "Americanization" of the fictional genre.
Delegates to the University of Hertfordshire's "Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture" conference to be held on April 16-17 will have their food served to them out of coffins as part of a mission to encourage students of all ages to study literature.
English lecturer Sam George, who has just launched a Master of Arts degree in vampire fiction at Hertfordshire, said the most famous vampire narrative of all, Dracula, was written by Irishman Bram Stoker and set in London and Whitby in Yorkshire, but that now with the "Twilight" saga and "True Blood," modern vampires have become Americanized.
"It's amazing how many British actors have played Dracula on screen," George said in a statement on the university's website. "I aim to put the British vampire back on the map."
George said she is particularly interested in the new teen vampire narratives which act as a useful metaphor for wider teen anxieties about their bodies and the first stirrings of desire.
"The new breed of vampires are far from monstrous, they are glamorous and sexy and have an emotional side," she said. "Their (teenagers') attraction to vampire figures provides a safe way for them to acknowledge these desires."
Conference lectures will be delivered by academics and author Marcus Sedgwick, who writes young adult fiction with a vampire twist.
Panel topics during the two-day event will include "Dracula Lives," "Appetites of the Undead," "Undead Victorians," "Undead Teens," "Politics of the Undead," "UndeadRomance," "The Gay Undead," "Undead TV," "Undead in the New Media," "Identity, Legality and the Undead" and "Gendering the Undead."
LONDON (Reuters) – Two women were arrested at a British airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight bound for Germany, police said on Tuesday.
The 91-year-old deceased man was pushed in a wheelchair through Liverpool's John Lennon airport wearing sunglasses before check-in staff became suspicious and he was prevented from boarding the plane.
He was believed to have been driven about 35 miles to the airport by taxi from Oldham, Greater Manchester, police added.
The women were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death and were released on bail.
"At 11 a.m. on Saturday 3 April 2010, police at Liverpool John Lennon airport were alerted to the death of a 91-year-old man in the terminal building," police said in a statement.
"Two women aged 41 and 66 were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of death."
The cause of death is not known.
Onion News – Demographer Demographic (Clip 27)
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A few hundred warehouse workers and drivers at Danish brewer Carlsberg halted work for a second day on Thursday to protest a company decision to limit beer drinking at work to lunch breaks.
The strike in Denmark followed the company's April 1 decision to introduce new rules for employees on beer drinking at work, said Jens Bekke, spokesman at the world no.4 brewer.
"There has been free beer, water and soft drinks everywhere," he said. "Yesterday, beers were removed from all refrigerators. The only place you can get a beer in future is in the canteen, at lunch."
Bekke said drivers retained an old right to three beers per day outside lunch hours, and warehouse workers claimed the same right.
"Because of that, the warehouse staff went on strike yesterday, with other staff striking in sympathy," he said.
Bekke said as many as 800 had walked out on Wednesday, with 250 still on strike on Thursday, and the Confederation of Danish Industry and trade union 3F had agreed to look into the dispute.
He said there would be no shipments from Copenhagen on Thursday, and delays in the rest of the country, but said he expected the financial effect of the strike to be minor.
He added that Carlsberg's trucks have alcohol locks so drivers would not be able to drink too much and drive.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC:
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Sports Topics:
-NFL OT rule change.
-NCAA Championship Game – Best moment ever if Butler’s half court shot goes in?
-Baseball has started
-Roller Derby Report
-Tiger Woods return –
1. Commercial with his dad. (Clip 23)
2. How great would it be if they did a Masters preview and didn’t ever MENTION Tiger?
-Avalanche are in the playoffs
-Carmelo Anthony collapsed on the court for a minute or so in OKC
The Week in Wankery: (Clip 24)
-Carolla Message Board member omgtifb
-Non-existent bugs in Ellie’s bed (Yellow Card) (Thanks to Grandma saying Sleep tight don’t let the bedbugs bite. However she babysits for free, so she is not eligible for the Yellow Card.)
-The guy in my office who plays this… (Clip 22) “Forever Young” by Alphaville 18 times a day. (Yellow Card)
-Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things are? TERRIBLE (Yellow Card)
-The NCAA (Red Card)
Wanker of the Week – The people who broke into my parents house this week and stole their stuff.
The guy who scheduled the K-State game at the same time as the birthday party I had committed to. (Red Card)
In case you hadn’t noticed…this is a very special Sunday edition of the show. Why Sunday? Because I am up for father of the year. Or maybe not. The jury is still out. (Tell story of the birthday party, K-State game, listening to the game and then finally running out to the car to get the laptop.)
Man of the Week: Solongo Bars (Random person I email with a cool name.)
Pooping in public: No shame, or hide your feet? (Clip 30 – MM’s rap)
Go Gator! – Corrine Brown (Clip 25)
-Corch
-She has a degree in Public Speaking from the University of Florida
-BS, BCS Championship
-Go Gator
-But also the Athletic School
-Corch Irvin Myers (Urban Meyer)
-Percy Harvey
-She looked like she was ready for a title fight with her bright orange silk robe
-It is clear that the Gators are superb to any other schools with the conferences that we play in.
The Rest of the Story
This food belongs to the same animal group as both the spider and the common bug. They were initially thought of as giant hassles that got in the way when people were trying to catch other animals for food in the same region where these animals live
This food is something people used to give to their indentured servants to eat. People were so averse to eating it that they ground it up and used it as fertilizer, instead. Being seen as someone who had to eat this type of food was something you generally didn't tell anyone until at least the third date.
British POWs during the Revolutionary War supposedly revolted over being fed too much of this food, after having apparently developed culinary Stockholm Syndrome from British food. Some states actually had laws against feeding this food to inmates more than a few times a week, on the grounds that it was cruel and unusual punishment, as it was seen as the equivalent of eating rats.
So what is this food? Lobster!
Then How Did it Get So Fancy?
Somebody went and invented the railroad. Soon, rich people from the middle of the country--who were painfully unaware of what was cool--were tricked into buying the sea insects. But after tasting them, they realized that they must have discovered the long lost gatekeeper for butter.
Ironically, lobster is now a commonly requested food for prisoners receiving a last meal before execution, where as back in the day who knows how many last meal requests were something to the effect of, "Anything but more freakin' lobster, ya cruel bastards!"
Movie talk:
-Where the Wild Things Are
-Alice in Wonderland
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Zombieland
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Andrew Bird – Song: Sovay Album: “Weather Systems”
(Clip 29)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Show Prep #43
Greetings and Salutations, people. This is Vertically Striped Radio…where if you don’t eat your meat, you don’t get any pudding. I mean seriously…How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?
Before we go any further in this outstanding entertainment program…a moment of silence is in order. We suffered a great loss this past week, the No Name Show closed it’s doors for good. The tough economic times have claimed another victim, and when even free internet podcasts are falling, you know we have hit hard times. Out of respect...let’s take a moment of silence to pause and reflect (Pause) The No Name Show with Aaron Young from up in Washington was a stalwart of the Dameshek Amalgamated Messageboard Network, and it’s passing is difficult. Just know that in this dark hour, Vertically Striped Radio is there for you. In all seriousness, though. I would like to say that I truly enjoyed Aaron’s work on the No Name Show, and while I understand he has his reasons for ending production, I hope that one day we will see it’s glorious return.
Also on DAMN radio this week, The LCS Hockey Show had a special Tuesday edition where they talked about Bigfoot. One of the topics they spoke about was why hasn’t anyone ever gotten a good picture of Bigfoot. Mitch Hedberg explained this several years ago, so I thought I’d do a public service to help anyone who was struggling with the issue by sharing Mitch’s rather reasonable explaination. (Get Clip of Mitch from Strategic Grill Locations –You Were Good)
As for me, here’s an update on my situation. When last I talked about me, I had just been laid off from my job downtown. Now, things are looking up. I have a friend who put in my resume for a Mortgage lender and I was contacted a little over a week ago for an interview. It went well, but I knew I had another potential, so although they offered me a position immediately, I told them I needed to wait to hear back from a couple other offers. I agreed to speak with them again on Friday. However, when Friday came, I still wasn’t ready to make a decision. I explained to the hiring manager my situation and was hoping to ask for a few more days to make a decision. At that time, they immediately raised their offer 40% on the spot. I immediately accepted, and now am working for them. So there is the update on me, and my savvy negotiating skills.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: Broncos nation reacts to obtaining the Brady Quinn. How’s your bracket? Apparently I’m doing well, as I’m in the 96th percentile over at ESPN, but I’ve not gotten too into the tourney this year thus far. Although perhaps that will change with round 2. Also…Who can you make fun of? Well, you can make fun of me because I’ve promised this segment for the past two Saturdays, but haven’t actually delivered on it yet. Things look good to actually talk about that this week, but I understand if you’re skeptical. (Also, this week I will be debuting the new single that is sure to be racing up the charts… “Anything for Lunch”) All that plus (or minus) much much more awaits you on VSR today. If you’d like to jump into the festivities you can do so by calling…
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Chatroom: DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LONDON (Reuters) – Staff at the Dinnington library are used to people bringing books back late but the package they received last month was in a class of its own.
It contained a paperback first edition copy of "Quatermass and the Pit" by Nigel Kneale which had been borrowed on September 24, 1965.
"I thought at first it was just a normal return, until I saw the color of the pages: they were very brown around the edges," said Alison Lawrie, the Principal Library Assistant.
"It's true that some people like to take their time with a good book, but 45 years is an incredible amount of time!"
Staff believe the book was borrowed from the old Dinnington Library, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire which opened in 1936 and is close to the current building which opened in 2000.
However, the identity of the borrower remains a mystery because records do not go back that far -- and there would have been no danger of a huge accumulated fine because all fines are capped at 6 pounds ($9).
"The person who posted it back to us would not be in any 'trouble' whatsoever," said Lawrie. "If the person who returned the book wants to come forward, we'd love to know the story behind it."
Man…a library book that was mysteriously returned after 45 years. This sounds like a job for Bookman!
YouTube – Seinfeld – Library Cop (Clip 22)
MOSCOW (Reuters) –
A cautionary tale for lovers from Russia today. Seems a couple in Moscow died in a most unusual way last week. The couple was having sex in a car parked in a tiny garage in Moscow. Many Russians keep their cars in box-like iron garages near their homes, which snugly encase their cars.
It appears that due to the severe cold weather, they made a fatal mistake. The man and a woman retreated to their Volkswagen to have sex... Most likely the lovers turned on the engine to get warm," During a moment of "intimate closeness," the pair, in southern Moscow, inhaled carbon monoxide gas and died”
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday.
Police discovered the "burglar" was a man carrying flowers and a bottle of wine who turned out to be the woman's boyfriend, but then arrested him on an outstanding warrant.
"He was trying to surprise her with the flowers and a bottle of wine but it all went wrong," said Korbach police spokesman Volker Koenig. He said the man jumped down from the balcony and tried to escape but was quickly tackled by police.
"He nevertheless gave the police who were taking him to jail the bottle of wine as a gesture of thanks for the friendly treatment after the arrest," Koenig said.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPICS:
Last Sunday the Broncos went a little nuts and swung a trade with the Cleveland Browns to get former Notre Dame sensation, but more recently Cleveland Brown disappointment Brady Quinn. I figured the best way to gauge Bronco Nation’s feelings about that trade was with a quick call to my buddy Doug. After the rousing success of our first episode of Doug on Demand where we discussed Lego tattoos and going on ride-alongs with the Colorado State Patrol, here again is my oldest friend and antagonistic fake radio skeptic, Doug Newton. With a feloniously recorded Doug on Demand Phone Call (Clip 29)
[plus Bruce if I feel like it (Clip 30)]
Anything for Lunch – Play song (Clip 35) (Talk a bit about “Do they know it’s Lunchtime”)
Read a fortune cookie on the air. (Eat the cookie too)
Who CAN we make fun of now?
-The rural poor – AKA Rednecks or Yokels. (Clip 26 – Cletus)
-Cultures that no longer exist –Feel free to make fun of Carthaginians or Huns.
-Cultures that never actually existed – (Clip 20 – Perfect Strangers – Look a Toaster!) Merpeople, Fake Eastern European cultures such as Balki Bartakomous from Mypos or Latka Gravis from Taxi.
-Stupid people – Homer (Homer and Mr. Burns – Clip 33)
-Rich People – Mr. Burns is the perfect example. It gets even worse if the person who is rich becomes politically active and starts advocating positions they don’t seem to follow themselves…Al Gore…It doesn’t help if the rich people start making outrageous claims like that they created the internet. Dorothy Parker said "If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to."
-Amish people – They’ll never know! Plus, have you SEEN their clothes?
-White People – In general it’s fine to make fun of white people. No one seems to really care. Even better, It is always fun if the White people have a racial identity crisis. (27 – White Jokes) (28 – White Disclaimer)
-Fake Radio Personalities – If you’re on the BlogTalk radio, I think you’re probably fair game.
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
-Whip It
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Week in Wankery:
Wanker of the Week
-Colorado weather
Man of the Week: The tour guide at Dinosaur Ridge
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
DeVotchka – How it Ends (Song: How it ends) (Clip 31)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Holster:
Andrew Bird – Sovay
Fleet Foxes
Elliot Smith
Don Chaffer – The Worst is my being alone
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Bravery
Tremolo
Iron and Wine
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two Emirates airlines cabin crew have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against foreigners, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The pair, an Indian flight attendant and her cabin services supervisor, were convicted of "coercion to commit sin" over the messages and initially sentenced to six months in jail, The National newspaper said on its website, citing court documents.
The sentence was reduced on appeal last week to three months and deportation orders against the pair were lifted, it added. It did not reveal the content of the messages.
Dubai's foreign population has expanded rapidly in recent years as expatriates flocked to the Gulf Arab trade and tourism hub for its tax-free earnings and year-round sunshine.
The changes have challenged the Emirati population, which is now vastly outnumbered by foreigners, raising concern that their emirate's rapid pace of growth is a threat to their social and religious identity in what remains a deeply conservative region.
An Emirates spokeswoman declined to comment on the case as it was still ongoing.
The paper said the case emerged after the flight attendant's husband filed a lawsuit against his wife a year ago accusing her of being in an illicit relationship with her supervisor. It said the couple had been embroiled in a divorce battle since 2007.
The case is the latest decency case against foreigners accused of not respecting local mores.
In a separate case, a British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai is appealing a month-long jail sentence handed down after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion.
The pair, a British man living in Dubai and a female friend, were arrested in November on accusations of kissing and touching each other intimately in public and consuming alcohol, their lawyer said. They were ordered jailed for a month.
In a high-profile case in 2008, a British couple narrowly escaped jail after a court found them guilty of engaging in drunken sexual activity out of wedlock, and for doing so in public on a beach in the emirate.
They were sentenced to three months in prison followed by deportation, but had their jail terms overturned on appeal.
In a separate case this year, a British couple who shared a hotel room managed to escape trial in Dubai for having sex out of wedlock by producing a marriage certificate.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Show Prep #42
Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the show that ventured so far into Star Wars geekery last week discussing Admiral Ackbar that the Alderan Memorial Association contacted me for a donation, this is Vertically Striped Radio. I’m the man you wish your man could sound like, my name is Craig Dodge, and I’m on a horse!
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: A new segment debuts on today’s show…The Week in Wankery, I’ll explain in a bit. Also, In this world of political correctness…who CAN you make fun of? I’ll tell you this week, maybe. Plus, I have a magnificent 7 list of NFL rules that MUST be changed.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Chatroom: DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
The airline was forced to delay a flight from Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games because passengers watching the end of gold medal final on airport televisions ignored repeated calls to board.
"We incurred a flight delay for a reason Air Canada had not yet encountered in over 72 years of existence," chief executive Calin Rovinescu told a business gathering.
The Canadian fans were rewarded for their delay, as the nail-biting end to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics saw Canada beat arch-rival United States 3-2 in overtime.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
The union, NU'91, is calling the campaign "I Draw The Line Here," with an advert that features a young woman covering her face with crossed hands.
The union said in a statement Thursday that the campaign follows a complaint it had received in the last week from a 24-year-old woman who said a 42-year-old disabled man asked her to provide sexual services as part of his care at home.
The young woman witnessed some of the man's other nurses offering him sexual gratification, the union said. When she refused to do the same, he tried to dismiss her on the grounds that she was unfit to provide care.
"This type of action is not part of the job responsibilities of carers and nurses," NU'91 said.
The case has been reported to police, the union added.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday.
Sandy Telford ran over her husband, Terry, as she backed down the driveway of their rural property in the Hawke's Bay region, 350 kilometers (220 miles) north-east of Wellington, the Dominion Post newspaperreported.
Not realizing what she had done, Telford then drove her car forward, running over him again.
Police said the woman was distraught and too upset to speak to them.
"We are treating it as an accident," a police spokesman told the newspaper.
Ambulance authorities said the husband suffered moderate head, chest and back injuries, but was "conscious and talking" after the incident.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPICS:
The Week in Wankery:
-The people in charge of advertisements on Nickelodeon during Spongebob – They’re too good at their jobs.
-Waitress at Claim Jumper bar last night
-Guy at the Oil Change place. Quoted my wife an hour, then 5 minutes later tells me 2 and a half hours.
Wanker of the Week
-Creepy guy at the bank who asked my wife, “How much for the kid?”
Man of the Week: Eduard Khil
Magnificent 7: NFL Rules to change: (Clip 7)
1. You can’t advance a muff.
2. The Tuck Rule
3. You can’t return a blocked extra point for two points
4. You need 2 feet in bounds for it to be a catch.
5. Overtime – First score wins. (Don’t go to college style. Either make it a full 10 or 15 minutes, make it where you have to score 6, or both teams get a possession.)
6. You only get 2 challenges unless you get them both right
7. Pass interference is a spot foul
Who CAN we make fun of now?
-The rural poor – AKA Rednecks or Yokels. (Clip 26 – Cletus)
-Cultures that never actually existed – (Clip 20 – Perfect Strangers – Look a Toaster!) Merpeople, Fake Eastern European cultures such as Balki Bartakomous from Mypos or Latka Gravis from Taxi.
-Cultures that no longer exist –Feel free to make fun of Carthaginians or Huns.
-Rich People – Mr. Burns is the perfect example. It gets even worse if the person who is rich becomes politically active and starts advocating positions they don’t seem to follow themselves…Al Gore…It doesn’t help if the rich people start making outrageous claims like that they created the internet. Dorothy Parker said "If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to."
-White People – In general it’s fine to make fun of white people. No one seems to really care. Even better, It is always fun if the White people have a racial identity crisis. (27 – White Jokes) (28 – White Disclaimer)
-Stupid people
-Amish people – They’ll never know! Plus, have you SEEN their clothes?
-Fake Radio Personalities – If you’re on the BlogTalk radio, I think you’re probably fair game.
What song titles would be the best if you replace the word love with lunch?
What’s so funny ‘Bout Peace, Lunch, and understanding? – Elvis Costello (socnorb777)
Lunch in an Elevator – Aerosmith (#1 Sploser)
Lunch is a Battlefield – Pat Benetar (#1 Sploser)
Damn, I wish I was your luncher – Sophie B Hawkins (#1 Sploser)
What about lunch? – Heart (#1 Sploser)
I’d do anything for lunch, but I won’t do that – Meatloaf (Don O’Treply)
You give Lunch a bad name – Bon Jovi (Don O’Treply)
50 Ways to leave your luncher – Paul Simon (Don O’Treply)
Lunch will keep us together – Captain and Tennille (Don O’Treply)
Can’t buy me lunch – The Beatles (Don O’Treply)
Lunch Gun – Kiss (face ventura)
Calling Dr. Lunch – Kiss (face ventura)
All my love – Led Zeppelin (face ventura)
Lunch, Hate, Lunch – Alice in Chains (face ventura)
One Lunch/People Get Ready – Bob Marley (face ventura)
Psycho Lunch – Skid Row (face ventura)
Lunch to Hate - ??? (face ventura)
I Need Lunch – LL Cool J (Major Minority)
Whole Lotta Lunch – Led Zeppelin (The Whale) (Jerry 2nd)
Feel like Makin’ Lunch – Bad Company (Jerry)
Endless Lunch – Diana Ross (Jerry)
Addicted to Lunch – Robert Palmer (Jerry)
I want to know what lunch is – Foreigner (Jerry)
Justify my lunch – Madonna (Jerry)
You can’t hurry lunch – The Supremes (Jerry)
Lunch bites – Def Leppard (18nalax)
Is this lunch? – Survivor (18nalax)
Let me put my lunch into you – AC/DC (18nalax)
Can you feel the lunch tonight – Elton John (18nalax)
(Caribbean Queen) Dairy Dairy Queen (No More Lunch on the Run) – Billy Ocean (Beware of Dow)
Will you still lunch me, tomorrow? – Chicago
You’ve got to hide your lunch away – The Beatles
All you need is lunch – The Beatles
Best of my lunch – Eagles
I don’t want to live without your lunch – Chicago
In and out of lunch – Bon Jovi
Livin on Lunch – Alan Jackson
Lunch me do – The Beatles
Lunch remains the same - Gavin Rossdale
Lunch Shack – B-52s
Lunch lifts us up where we belong – Joe Cocker
Not enough lunch in the world – Don Henley
Lunch me tender – Elvis Presley
A hunk a hunk of burning lunch – Elvis Presley
Where did our lunch go? – The Supremes
You’ve lost that luncheon feeling – The Righteous Brothers
Stop in the name of lunch – The Supremes
I think I lunch you – The Partridge Family
Feel like making lunch – Roberta Flack
What’s lunch got to do with it – Tina Turner
Saving all my lunch for you – Whitney Houston
Crazy little thing called lunch – Queen
Groovy kind of lunch – Phil Collins
It must have been lunch, but it’s over now – Roxette
Tainted lunch – Soft Cell
Lunch can build a bridge - Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton
Said I lunch you, but I lied – Michael Bolton
Lunch the one you’re with – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
All for lunch – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting
Lunch the one you’re with – Stephen Stills
Sometimes lunch just ain’t enough – Patty Smyth
The Power of Lunch – Huey Lewis and the News
Glory of Lunch – Peter Cetera
Greatest lunch of all – Whitney Houston
I can’t help falling in lunch – UB40
Crazy in lunch – Beyonce
Puppy lunch – Donny Osmond
I’d lunch you to want me – Lobo
That’s the way lunch goes – Janet Jackson
Amazing lunch – Old Hymn
Lunch child – The Supremes
Hello, I lunch you. – The Doors
I and lunch and you – The Avett Brothers
If you lunch somebody set them free – Sting
I’ll make lunch to you – Boyz II Men
It’s Friday, I’m in lunch – The Cure
Let lunch in – The Goo Goo Dolls
Let my lunch open the door – Pete Townshend
Lunch reign O’er me – The Who
Lunch Street – The Doors
Bruce Cockburn – Lunchers in a dangerous time
No one’s going to lunch you – Band of Horses
One more for lunch – Five for Fighting
Pop’s lunch suicide – Stone Temple Pilots
Rule the world with Lunch – Barenaked Ladies
Sapphire Bullets of Pure Lunch – They Might be Giants
She Lunches you, ya ya ya – the Beatles
Can anybody find me somebody to lunch? – Queen
Tunnel of Lunch – Dire Straights
Victim of Lunch – The Eagles
When lunch comes to town – BB King
I lunch you, for sentimental reasons – Nat King Cole
Lunch me do – The Beatles
Keep on lunching you – REO Speedwagon
I lunch Rock n Roll – Joan Jett
I just called to say I lunch you – Stevie Wonder
NHL ’94 Tournament – Tourney Check in – Finals (Dell won in 6)
Gmail - Did you realize that if you use Gmail, and you go to the Spam folder, instead of Google ads, they have Spam recipies?
Survivor – I’m back, baby. I haven’t watched Survivor for several years, but this year’s Heroes versus Villains edition has pulled me back in.
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Alexi Murdoch – “Time Without Consequence”
Song – Orange Sky
Kind of a mellow one today, but I like this song.
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
Andrew Bird – Sovay
Fleet Foxes
Elliot Smith
DeVotchKa – How it ends
Don Chaffer – The Worst is my being alone
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Bravery
Tremolo
Iron and Wine
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: A new segment debuts on today’s show…The Week in Wankery, I’ll explain in a bit. Also, In this world of political correctness…who CAN you make fun of? I’ll tell you this week, maybe. Plus, I have a magnificent 7 list of NFL rules that MUST be changed.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Chatroom: DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
The airline was forced to delay a flight from Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games because passengers watching the end of gold medal final on airport televisions ignored repeated calls to board.
"We incurred a flight delay for a reason Air Canada had not yet encountered in over 72 years of existence," chief executive Calin Rovinescu told a business gathering.
The Canadian fans were rewarded for their delay, as the nail-biting end to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics saw Canada beat arch-rival United States 3-2 in overtime.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
The union, NU'91, is calling the campaign "I Draw The Line Here," with an advert that features a young woman covering her face with crossed hands.
The union said in a statement Thursday that the campaign follows a complaint it had received in the last week from a 24-year-old woman who said a 42-year-old disabled man asked her to provide sexual services as part of his care at home.
The young woman witnessed some of the man's other nurses offering him sexual gratification, the union said. When she refused to do the same, he tried to dismiss her on the grounds that she was unfit to provide care.
"This type of action is not part of the job responsibilities of carers and nurses," NU'91 said.
The case has been reported to police, the union added.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday.
Sandy Telford ran over her husband, Terry, as she backed down the driveway of their rural property in the Hawke's Bay region, 350 kilometers (220 miles) north-east of Wellington, the Dominion Post newspaperreported.
Not realizing what she had done, Telford then drove her car forward, running over him again.
Police said the woman was distraught and too upset to speak to them.
"We are treating it as an accident," a police spokesman told the newspaper.
Ambulance authorities said the husband suffered moderate head, chest and back injuries, but was "conscious and talking" after the incident.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPICS:
The Week in Wankery:
-The people in charge of advertisements on Nickelodeon during Spongebob – They’re too good at their jobs.
-Waitress at Claim Jumper bar last night
-Guy at the Oil Change place. Quoted my wife an hour, then 5 minutes later tells me 2 and a half hours.
Wanker of the Week
-Creepy guy at the bank who asked my wife, “How much for the kid?”
Man of the Week: Eduard Khil
Magnificent 7: NFL Rules to change: (Clip 7)
1. You can’t advance a muff.
2. The Tuck Rule
3. You can’t return a blocked extra point for two points
4. You need 2 feet in bounds for it to be a catch.
5. Overtime – First score wins. (Don’t go to college style. Either make it a full 10 or 15 minutes, make it where you have to score 6, or both teams get a possession.)
6. You only get 2 challenges unless you get them both right
7. Pass interference is a spot foul
Who CAN we make fun of now?
-The rural poor – AKA Rednecks or Yokels. (Clip 26 – Cletus)
-Cultures that never actually existed – (Clip 20 – Perfect Strangers – Look a Toaster!) Merpeople, Fake Eastern European cultures such as Balki Bartakomous from Mypos or Latka Gravis from Taxi.
-Cultures that no longer exist –Feel free to make fun of Carthaginians or Huns.
-Rich People – Mr. Burns is the perfect example. It gets even worse if the person who is rich becomes politically active and starts advocating positions they don’t seem to follow themselves…Al Gore…It doesn’t help if the rich people start making outrageous claims like that they created the internet. Dorothy Parker said "If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to."
-White People – In general it’s fine to make fun of white people. No one seems to really care. Even better, It is always fun if the White people have a racial identity crisis. (27 – White Jokes) (28 – White Disclaimer)
-Stupid people
-Amish people – They’ll never know! Plus, have you SEEN their clothes?
-Fake Radio Personalities – If you’re on the BlogTalk radio, I think you’re probably fair game.
What song titles would be the best if you replace the word love with lunch?
What’s so funny ‘Bout Peace, Lunch, and understanding? – Elvis Costello (socnorb777)
Lunch in an Elevator – Aerosmith (#1 Sploser)
Lunch is a Battlefield – Pat Benetar (#1 Sploser)
Damn, I wish I was your luncher – Sophie B Hawkins (#1 Sploser)
What about lunch? – Heart (#1 Sploser)
I’d do anything for lunch, but I won’t do that – Meatloaf (Don O’Treply)
You give Lunch a bad name – Bon Jovi (Don O’Treply)
50 Ways to leave your luncher – Paul Simon (Don O’Treply)
Lunch will keep us together – Captain and Tennille (Don O’Treply)
Can’t buy me lunch – The Beatles (Don O’Treply)
Lunch Gun – Kiss (face ventura)
Calling Dr. Lunch – Kiss (face ventura)
All my love – Led Zeppelin (face ventura)
Lunch, Hate, Lunch – Alice in Chains (face ventura)
One Lunch/People Get Ready – Bob Marley (face ventura)
Psycho Lunch – Skid Row (face ventura)
Lunch to Hate - ??? (face ventura)
I Need Lunch – LL Cool J (Major Minority)
Whole Lotta Lunch – Led Zeppelin (The Whale) (Jerry 2nd)
Feel like Makin’ Lunch – Bad Company (Jerry)
Endless Lunch – Diana Ross (Jerry)
Addicted to Lunch – Robert Palmer (Jerry)
I want to know what lunch is – Foreigner (Jerry)
Justify my lunch – Madonna (Jerry)
You can’t hurry lunch – The Supremes (Jerry)
Lunch bites – Def Leppard (18nalax)
Is this lunch? – Survivor (18nalax)
Let me put my lunch into you – AC/DC (18nalax)
Can you feel the lunch tonight – Elton John (18nalax)
(Caribbean Queen) Dairy Dairy Queen (No More Lunch on the Run) – Billy Ocean (Beware of Dow)
Will you still lunch me, tomorrow? – Chicago
You’ve got to hide your lunch away – The Beatles
All you need is lunch – The Beatles
Best of my lunch – Eagles
I don’t want to live without your lunch – Chicago
In and out of lunch – Bon Jovi
Livin on Lunch – Alan Jackson
Lunch me do – The Beatles
Lunch remains the same - Gavin Rossdale
Lunch Shack – B-52s
Lunch lifts us up where we belong – Joe Cocker
Not enough lunch in the world – Don Henley
Lunch me tender – Elvis Presley
A hunk a hunk of burning lunch – Elvis Presley
Where did our lunch go? – The Supremes
You’ve lost that luncheon feeling – The Righteous Brothers
Stop in the name of lunch – The Supremes
I think I lunch you – The Partridge Family
Feel like making lunch – Roberta Flack
What’s lunch got to do with it – Tina Turner
Saving all my lunch for you – Whitney Houston
Crazy little thing called lunch – Queen
Groovy kind of lunch – Phil Collins
It must have been lunch, but it’s over now – Roxette
Tainted lunch – Soft Cell
Lunch can build a bridge - Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton
Said I lunch you, but I lied – Michael Bolton
Lunch the one you’re with – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
All for lunch – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting
Lunch the one you’re with – Stephen Stills
Sometimes lunch just ain’t enough – Patty Smyth
The Power of Lunch – Huey Lewis and the News
Glory of Lunch – Peter Cetera
Greatest lunch of all – Whitney Houston
I can’t help falling in lunch – UB40
Crazy in lunch – Beyonce
Puppy lunch – Donny Osmond
I’d lunch you to want me – Lobo
That’s the way lunch goes – Janet Jackson
Amazing lunch – Old Hymn
Lunch child – The Supremes
Hello, I lunch you. – The Doors
I and lunch and you – The Avett Brothers
If you lunch somebody set them free – Sting
I’ll make lunch to you – Boyz II Men
It’s Friday, I’m in lunch – The Cure
Let lunch in – The Goo Goo Dolls
Let my lunch open the door – Pete Townshend
Lunch reign O’er me – The Who
Lunch Street – The Doors
Bruce Cockburn – Lunchers in a dangerous time
No one’s going to lunch you – Band of Horses
One more for lunch – Five for Fighting
Pop’s lunch suicide – Stone Temple Pilots
Rule the world with Lunch – Barenaked Ladies
Sapphire Bullets of Pure Lunch – They Might be Giants
She Lunches you, ya ya ya – the Beatles
Can anybody find me somebody to lunch? – Queen
Tunnel of Lunch – Dire Straights
Victim of Lunch – The Eagles
When lunch comes to town – BB King
I lunch you, for sentimental reasons – Nat King Cole
Lunch me do – The Beatles
Keep on lunching you – REO Speedwagon
I lunch Rock n Roll – Joan Jett
I just called to say I lunch you – Stevie Wonder
NHL ’94 Tournament – Tourney Check in – Finals (Dell won in 6)
Gmail - Did you realize that if you use Gmail, and you go to the Spam folder, instead of Google ads, they have Spam recipies?
Survivor – I’m back, baby. I haven’t watched Survivor for several years, but this year’s Heroes versus Villains edition has pulled me back in.
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Alexi Murdoch – “Time Without Consequence”
Song – Orange Sky
Kind of a mellow one today, but I like this song.
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
-Julie and Julia
-District 9
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
Andrew Bird – Sovay
Fleet Foxes
Elliot Smith
DeVotchKa – How it ends
Don Chaffer – The Worst is my being alone
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Bravery
Tremolo
Iron and Wine
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Show Prep #41
Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the radio show that’s riding a horse backwards. This is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host Craig Dodge, coming live to you from the Vertically Striped Studios in Centennial, Colorado.
Right off the top today, I need to apologize for a gross oversight made on this program a few weeks back. You see, a few weeks ago, we did a review of the best and worst Super Bowl commercials, and somehow this commercial didn’t even get a mention. (Clip 20 – Old Spice Commercial) How did I miss this one? “I’m on a horse!?” That is pure gold. I’m not sure exactly where this one falls in relation to the other Super Bowl greats, but it is a huge oversight that it missed the list, so my apologies over to the ad geniuses over at Old Spice. My hat is off to you, I’m on a horse!
Anyway, I’d like to give my thanks to those of you passing along your condolences to me this week. If you were listening to the LCS Show on Thursday, you’d have heard Ed announce that I lost my job. He is correct, but not all is grimness and sadness. Tuesday was moving along smoothly and normally and then suddenly it all went wrong…much like this (Clip 17 – Tenor Fail)
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: The evils of sports polygamy, NFL Free Agency started on Friday…we’ll take a look at the early returns, In this world of political correctness…who CAN you make fun of? We’ll tell you. Plus, we have a magnificent 7 list of NFL rules that MUST be changed.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Chatroom: DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LONDON – A man from London, England has been sentenced to three years in prison after killing his wife by hitting her in the head with a television remote control. The trial was held in the Old Bailey, a famous court in London.
The court heard how 46-year-old electrical engineer Paul Harvey was arguing with 48-year-old American wife Gloria Laguna on topics relating to the man's step-daughter's education and his former wife. At the time, both husband and wife had consumed alcohol and cocaine.
When Paul threw the remote control, which weighed 160 grams, at Gloria, neither were aware of the fact that Gloria suffered from an extremely rare health condition which meant that an artery in her neck was weak. The remote control hit the area, causing Gloria to have a large brain hemorrhage. Paul attempted to give his wife mouth to mouth resuscitation, however he was unsuccessful and she later died from her injuries. Paul pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Johnathan Goldberg QC, who was defending Paul Harvey, said: "All he did was throw the remote control in her direction. By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness. He loved this woman very much. She was obviously a very fine woman who gave up her work for him. He is deeply ashamed and remorseful at the death of his wife at his hand."
Prosecuting attorney Richard Whittam said: "It would only have required a trivial incident to cause her death."
When sentencing Mr. Harvey, Judge Giles Forrester spoke to him. "You killed your wife, who was rightly been described by your counsel as a fine woman," he said. "You have this streak of anger and violence within your character that does surface from time to time."
WATERBURY, Conn. – A Connecticut school cafeteria worker and a 13-year-old girl face criminal charges after police said a food fight turned into a real fight. Waterbury police said the fifth-grader at Gilmartin Elementary School threw vegetables at 55-year-old lunch aide Rosa Robles last Thursday, and Robles responded by throwing vegetables in the girl's face. Police said a fight broke out when the girl punched Robles in the face. Authorities said both suffered cut lips, and the girl also had scratches on her face. School officials said Robles is on paid leave and the girl has been suspended.
MOSCOW (AFP) – A sumo wrestler ripped a cash machine out of a Moscow store on Friday, walking off with the bulky 90-kilogram (200-pound) machine on his shoulders, police said.
The man and an accomplice walked into a Moscow shopping mall and detached a cash machine containing 25,000 rubles (838 dollars, 613 euros), Moscow city police said in a statement.
A shop assistant who witnessed the crime called police and the two men were arrested as they tried to escape in a getaway car. The strongman later told police he was a professional sumo wrestler.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPICS:
Admiral Ackbar – In the name of political correctness, many team names have bit the dust from cool names like the Washington Bullets to countless college teams named “Indians” to even Syracuse shortening Orangemen to simply “Orange” so as not to offend orange people. Finally, here is a mascot change I can get behind. (Clip 22 – Admiral Ackbar cereal) A Grassroots campaign is underway in Mississippi to have Admiral Ackbar become the new mascot for Ole Miss.
NFL Free Agency – Changes thus far
Bears – Add Julius Peppers and Chester Taylor – They are light on draft picks this year, so they went heavy in free agency.
Ravens – Traded with the Cardinals to get Anquan Boldin – Only cost a 3rd and a 4th round pick
Broncos – May lose Brandon Marshall, as he is visiting Seattle, but if the Seahawks sign him the Broncos can match and if they don’t match, they’ll get the 6th overall pick in April’s draft
Panthers – Lose Peppers and also cut Jake Delhomme
Cardinals – Trade away Boldin, lose linebacker Karlos Dansby to Miami and Safety Antrel Rolle to the Giants and of course they lost Kurt Warner to retirement. Could be a down year for the 2 time defending NFC West Champs
Browns – Josh Cribbs signed extension with the Browns, not going anywhere.
Lions – Defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch leaves Titans to sign with Detroit. Lions also signed Nate Burleson.
Sports Bigamy – “The Dude” on Dameshek.com says that he is an Eagles AND Jaguars fan.
Magnificent 7: NFL Rules to change: (Clip 7)
1. You can’t advance a muff.
2. The Tuck Rule
3. You can’t return a blocked extra point for two points
4. You need 2 feet in bounds for it to be a catch.
5. Overtime – First score wins. (Don’t go to college style. Either make it a full 10 or 15 minutes, make it where you have to score 6, or both teams get a possession.)
6. You only get 2 challenges unless you get them both right
7. Pass interference is a spot foul
Survivor – I’m back, baby. I haven’t watched Survivor for several years, but this year’s Heroes versus Villains edition has pulled me back in.
Gold Medal Game – Why it’s NOT okay to root for Canada over the USA if you’re an American.
Who CAN we make fun of now?
-The rural poor – AKA Rednecks or Yokels.
-Cultures that never actually existed – (Clip 23 – Perfect Strangers – Look a Toaster!) Merpeople, Fake Eastern European cultures such as Balki Bartakomous from Mypos or Latka Gravis from Taxi.
-Cultures that no longer exist –Feel free to make fun of Carthaginians or Huns.
-Rich People – Mr. Burns is the perfect example. It gets even worse if the person who is rich becomes politically active and starts advocating positions they don’t seem to follow themselves…Al Gore…It doesn’t help if the rich people start making outrageous claims like that they created the internet. Dorothy Parker said "If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to."
-White People – In general it’s fine to make fun of white people. No one seems to really care. Even better, It is always fun if the White people have a racial identity crisis.
-Stupid people
-Amish people – They’ll never know! Plus, have you SEEN their clothes?
-Fake Radio Personalities – If you’re on the BlogTalk radio, I think you’re probably fair game.
NHL ’94 Tournament – Tourney Check in - Finals
-Standings on DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages Of (2003)
Section 9 – Light & Day / Reach for the Sun (Clip 25)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Extra or future stuff:
Ashley Revell - (born 1972) is a London resident who briefly achieved fame for selling all his possessions (including all his clothes) and gambling US$135,300 on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2004.
Revell won his bet (on Red; the result was 7 Red) and left with $270,600. The event was filmed by Sky One as a reality mini-series. Ashley used his winnings to set up his own online poker company called POKER UTD.
Who is the best opponent in Mike Tyson’s punchout?
2011- Apocalypse is coming? NFL and NBA may both have work stoppages.
Imelda Marcos:
Who says pot ah to? I’d call the whole thing off too, but just because I wouldn’t want to marry a moron.
Pants on the Ground
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
Right off the top today, I need to apologize for a gross oversight made on this program a few weeks back. You see, a few weeks ago, we did a review of the best and worst Super Bowl commercials, and somehow this commercial didn’t even get a mention. (Clip 20 – Old Spice Commercial) How did I miss this one? “I’m on a horse!?” That is pure gold. I’m not sure exactly where this one falls in relation to the other Super Bowl greats, but it is a huge oversight that it missed the list, so my apologies over to the ad geniuses over at Old Spice. My hat is off to you, I’m on a horse!
Anyway, I’d like to give my thanks to those of you passing along your condolences to me this week. If you were listening to the LCS Show on Thursday, you’d have heard Ed announce that I lost my job. He is correct, but not all is grimness and sadness. Tuesday was moving along smoothly and normally and then suddenly it all went wrong…much like this (Clip 17 – Tenor Fail)
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: The evils of sports polygamy, NFL Free Agency started on Friday…we’ll take a look at the early returns, In this world of political correctness…who CAN you make fun of? We’ll tell you. Plus, we have a magnificent 7 list of NFL rules that MUST be changed.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Chatroom: DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LONDON – A man from London, England has been sentenced to three years in prison after killing his wife by hitting her in the head with a television remote control. The trial was held in the Old Bailey, a famous court in London.
The court heard how 46-year-old electrical engineer Paul Harvey was arguing with 48-year-old American wife Gloria Laguna on topics relating to the man's step-daughter's education and his former wife. At the time, both husband and wife had consumed alcohol and cocaine.
When Paul threw the remote control, which weighed 160 grams, at Gloria, neither were aware of the fact that Gloria suffered from an extremely rare health condition which meant that an artery in her neck was weak. The remote control hit the area, causing Gloria to have a large brain hemorrhage. Paul attempted to give his wife mouth to mouth resuscitation, however he was unsuccessful and she later died from her injuries. Paul pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Johnathan Goldberg QC, who was defending Paul Harvey, said: "All he did was throw the remote control in her direction. By a fluke chance, maybe the same as, in a different context, winning the lottery, it landed on the exact spot where she had a weakness. He loved this woman very much. She was obviously a very fine woman who gave up her work for him. He is deeply ashamed and remorseful at the death of his wife at his hand."
Prosecuting attorney Richard Whittam said: "It would only have required a trivial incident to cause her death."
When sentencing Mr. Harvey, Judge Giles Forrester spoke to him. "You killed your wife, who was rightly been described by your counsel as a fine woman," he said. "You have this streak of anger and violence within your character that does surface from time to time."
WATERBURY, Conn. – A Connecticut school cafeteria worker and a 13-year-old girl face criminal charges after police said a food fight turned into a real fight. Waterbury police said the fifth-grader at Gilmartin Elementary School threw vegetables at 55-year-old lunch aide Rosa Robles last Thursday, and Robles responded by throwing vegetables in the girl's face. Police said a fight broke out when the girl punched Robles in the face. Authorities said both suffered cut lips, and the girl also had scratches on her face. School officials said Robles is on paid leave and the girl has been suspended.
MOSCOW (AFP) – A sumo wrestler ripped a cash machine out of a Moscow store on Friday, walking off with the bulky 90-kilogram (200-pound) machine on his shoulders, police said.
The man and an accomplice walked into a Moscow shopping mall and detached a cash machine containing 25,000 rubles (838 dollars, 613 euros), Moscow city police said in a statement.
A shop assistant who witnessed the crime called police and the two men were arrested as they tried to escape in a getaway car. The strongman later told police he was a professional sumo wrestler.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPICS:
Admiral Ackbar – In the name of political correctness, many team names have bit the dust from cool names like the Washington Bullets to countless college teams named “Indians” to even Syracuse shortening Orangemen to simply “Orange” so as not to offend orange people. Finally, here is a mascot change I can get behind. (Clip 22 – Admiral Ackbar cereal) A Grassroots campaign is underway in Mississippi to have Admiral Ackbar become the new mascot for Ole Miss.
NFL Free Agency – Changes thus far
Bears – Add Julius Peppers and Chester Taylor – They are light on draft picks this year, so they went heavy in free agency.
Ravens – Traded with the Cardinals to get Anquan Boldin – Only cost a 3rd and a 4th round pick
Broncos – May lose Brandon Marshall, as he is visiting Seattle, but if the Seahawks sign him the Broncos can match and if they don’t match, they’ll get the 6th overall pick in April’s draft
Panthers – Lose Peppers and also cut Jake Delhomme
Cardinals – Trade away Boldin, lose linebacker Karlos Dansby to Miami and Safety Antrel Rolle to the Giants and of course they lost Kurt Warner to retirement. Could be a down year for the 2 time defending NFC West Champs
Browns – Josh Cribbs signed extension with the Browns, not going anywhere.
Lions – Defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch leaves Titans to sign with Detroit. Lions also signed Nate Burleson.
Sports Bigamy – “The Dude” on Dameshek.com says that he is an Eagles AND Jaguars fan.
Magnificent 7: NFL Rules to change: (Clip 7)
1. You can’t advance a muff.
2. The Tuck Rule
3. You can’t return a blocked extra point for two points
4. You need 2 feet in bounds for it to be a catch.
5. Overtime – First score wins. (Don’t go to college style. Either make it a full 10 or 15 minutes, make it where you have to score 6, or both teams get a possession.)
6. You only get 2 challenges unless you get them both right
7. Pass interference is a spot foul
Survivor – I’m back, baby. I haven’t watched Survivor for several years, but this year’s Heroes versus Villains edition has pulled me back in.
Gold Medal Game – Why it’s NOT okay to root for Canada over the USA if you’re an American.
Who CAN we make fun of now?
-The rural poor – AKA Rednecks or Yokels.
-Cultures that never actually existed – (Clip 23 – Perfect Strangers – Look a Toaster!) Merpeople, Fake Eastern European cultures such as Balki Bartakomous from Mypos or Latka Gravis from Taxi.
-Cultures that no longer exist –Feel free to make fun of Carthaginians or Huns.
-Rich People – Mr. Burns is the perfect example. It gets even worse if the person who is rich becomes politically active and starts advocating positions they don’t seem to follow themselves…Al Gore…It doesn’t help if the rich people start making outrageous claims like that they created the internet. Dorothy Parker said "If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to."
-White People – In general it’s fine to make fun of white people. No one seems to really care. Even better, It is always fun if the White people have a racial identity crisis.
-Stupid people
-Amish people – They’ll never know! Plus, have you SEEN their clothes?
-Fake Radio Personalities – If you’re on the BlogTalk radio, I think you’re probably fair game.
NHL ’94 Tournament – Tourney Check in - Finals
-Standings on DAMNradio.blogspot.com
Movie reviews: “Avatar”, “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
-Avatar
-The Road
-The Princess and the Frog
Defend Movies:
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Fight Club
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages Of (2003)
Section 9 – Light & Day / Reach for the Sun (Clip 25)
Thanks to: (Whoever called)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Extra or future stuff:
Ashley Revell - (born 1972) is a London resident who briefly achieved fame for selling all his possessions (including all his clothes) and gambling US$135,300 on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2004.
Revell won his bet (on Red; the result was 7 Red) and left with $270,600. The event was filmed by Sky One as a reality mini-series. Ashley used his winnings to set up his own online poker company called POKER UTD.
Who is the best opponent in Mike Tyson’s punchout?
2011- Apocalypse is coming? NFL and NBA may both have work stoppages.
Imelda Marcos:
Who says pot ah to? I’d call the whole thing off too, but just because I wouldn’t want to marry a moron.
Pants on the Ground
Magnificent 7: Seven things people driving around me need to stop doing.
1. Stopping at a flashing yellow.
2. Stopping at a continuous turn lane.
3. Driving the speed limit or slower in the left lane.
4. Getting over into my lane directly in front of me and then slowing down.
5. Three Words: No turn signal
6. Braking for no logical reason
7. Not pulling into the intersection to turn left when the light is green but you don’t have a green arrow.
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